"I have some understanding of the Five Elements Law. I'll tell you all I know."
"As for how much you can comprehend, that will depend entirely on your own insight."
Suiren Shi was deeply grateful. He respectfully cupped his hands and bowed.
"Thank you, Immortal Master, for your generous instruction."
With that, Xuandan shared his understanding of the Five Elements.
"The Five Elements are water, fire, wood, metal, and earth. They are the foundation for the creation and evolution of all things in the universe, and the laws by which yin and yang wax and wane, and life renews itself without end."
"They generate and overcome one another: wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood."
"The Heavenly Dao follows a cycle, and the Five Elements turn in their own cycle..."
He continued until he had shared all his insights into the Five Elements.
Suiren Shi's eyes shifted from confusion to understanding.
He suddenly came to his senses, overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed again.
"Thank you, Immortal Master, for this gift. I understand now how to teach my people to control fire."
Xuandan smiled and nodded slightly.
"Go on."
As Suiren Shi left the cave, he murmured things like "wood generates fire."
He made his way to a mountain peak overlooking the entire Human Race.
In his hands were two sticks of different thicknesses.
After working out the method in his mind and practicing day and night, Suiren Shi finally saw white smoke rise from the place where the sticks rubbed together.
"It worked! It finally worked!"
Boom!!!
Heavenly Thunder rumbled as Heaven's pressure descended.
A golden Merit Cloud drifted down from above.
Nine-tenths of it merged into Suiren Shi's body.
The River of Time appeared in the sky.
An apparition of Suiren Shi emerged from it and merged with his own Nascent Soul.
The pressure he radiated had already reached the Early Golden Immortal level.
Countless members of the Human Race gazed in Suiren Shi's direction and bowed respectfully.
They were overjoyed, and the method of Drilling Wood to Make Fire naturally appeared in their minds.
One-tenth of the merit settled into Xuandan's hands.
He stood in the air, having been drawn over by the commotion Suiren Shi had caused.
Rather than use the merit to raise his cultivation, he stored it in his Nascent Soul.
Xuan Du came to Xuandan's side. Unable to hide his delight, he watched the Human Race cheer in the distance.
"Junior Brother, thank you."
Xuandan simply waved a hand and turned to leave.
"We're fellow disciples. There's no need to thank me."
He continued his cultivation in seclusion.
After the Human Race learned to make fire by drilling wood, their development entered a period of explosive growth.
The darkness and cold that had once threatened their lives no longer posed such a danger.
The age of eating raw meat and drinking blood had passed.
Everyone could eat cooked food, which was more nourishing and healthier.
With Xuan Du's efforts, the Human Race flourished and prospered.
Xuandan, meanwhile, secluded himself to focus on cultivation, study alchemy, and research the newly acquired Clear Toxin Pill formula.
Unfortunately, only a small number of the Human Race cultivated. Ordinary people simply couldn't withstand the medicinal power of the Mysterious Sun Pills, so Xuandan had a surplus of them and couldn't give them away.
Whenever he tried to give them to Xuan Du, Xuan Du came up with all sorts of excuses and refused to take them.
Just like that, several hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.
"Junior Brother, I'm Huang Long. I have an important matter and have come to see you."
Xuandan's eyes snapped open. He rose and opened the cave door.
Standing before him was True Person Huang Long, his side effects finally gone.
Looking at Huanglong, now in the form of a Daoist, Xuandan muttered, "It's actually a little hard to get used to."
"Hm?"
He keenly sensed that Huanglong's aura seemed somewhat weak.
Huanglong cupped his hands and bowed, worry visible between his brows.
"I've swallowed my pride and come to ask you for some healing pills."
Xuandan's eyes lit up.
Great! He'd been looking for someone to give his pills to.
Before he could speak, Xuan Du, who was nearby, also sensed Huanglong's aura and hurried over.
"Junior Brother, how did you get hurt?"
Xuandan was just as puzzled and asked, "How many people in the Prehistoric World would dare attack a Sage's disciple?"
Huanglong's face filled with bitterness as he sighed.
"I have some ties to the Dragon Clan by birth, so I'm connected to its destiny. Before joining the Chan Sect, I lived among the Dragon Clan."
"After leaving Kunlun Mountain, I thought I'd return and visit the Dragon Clan."
"As you both know, the Dragon Clan declined after the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation, but still has some influence over the Sea Domain."
"Not long ago, a treasure appeared within the Dragon Clan Territory, and the Dragon Clan sent people to retrieve it."
"Who would have thought that Lü Yue, an Outer Disciple of the Jie Sect, would badly wound them, poison them, and take the treasure?"
Xuan Du and Xuandan exchanged a glance, both frowning.
They hadn't expected this matter to be connected to a Jie Sect disciple yet again.
These people from the Jie Sect really did manage to cause trouble wherever they went.
They said nothing, letting Huanglong continue.
Huanglong swallowed his bitterness, sorrow clear in his eyes.
"The Prehistoric World has always been survival of the fittest. Killing for treasure is commonplace, so it's nothing unusual."
"I didn't take it to heart. I was simply outmatched, and had no choice but to swallow my pride."
"But the Dragon Clan is, after all, related to me by blood. So I swallowed my pride and went to ask Lü Yue for some antidote pills, hoping to put the matter behind us."
Xuandan's brows had furrowed into a deep crease.
"Then where did you get all those injuries, Senior Brother?"
Anger rose on Huanglong's face. Clenching his fists, he said through gritted teeth, "I went to ask him for medicine, but not only did he refuse to show me any courtesy, he mocked and taunted me."
"I simply couldn't stand his arrogance, so I fought him."
"However... although Lü Yue was only an Outer Disciple of the Jie Sect, he had already leapt beyond the River of Time and attained the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit. His mastery of Plague Toxin was profound, and I was no match for him. He wounded me and drove me off."
"His poison is truly formidable. The Dragon Palace has no suitable pills, so I could only swallow my pride and come to you, Junior Brother, to ask for some pills to heal my injuries and purge the poison."
Huanglong let out a long sigh, looking dejected.
He was a Sage's personal disciple, yet he'd lost to an Outer Disciple of the Jie Sect and brought shame upon the Chan Sect.
If his Master found out, he'd have no way to explain himself.
"Actually, if he'd only wounded me, it wouldn't have mattered. I lost the battle, and I can only blame my own insufficient cultivation."
"But Lü Yue has been experimenting on East Sea Island to cultivate his way of Plague Toxin, spreading it everywhere."
"Countless Sea Creatures have died from his poison, and the Sea Race can do nothing about it."
"Even the Dragon Clan, despite ruling the Sea Race, is helpless against Lü Yue."
"Whenever a powerful cultivator comes to warn him, he claims to be a disciple of the Jie Sect and loudly declares that his master is Saint Tongtian!"
At that, even Xuan Du, whose temper was widely known to be the best, couldn't help but angrily rebuke him.
"Outrageous! Is the status of a Sage's disciple meant to let him throw his weight around?!"
Huanglong's gaze darted away. He opened his mouth, hesitating.
In the end, he still voiced what was on his mind.
"To be honest, I haven't come only to ask for pills for myself. I also want to swallow my pride and ask for some Mysterious Sun Pills to Activate Bloodline for the Dragon Clan."
"Once my injuries have healed and the poison has been purged from my body, I'll go seek out Lü Yue again and fight him."
"Whatever the outcome, the Dragon Clan will offer you a treasure!"
"The Dragon Clan may have declined, but even a lean camel is bigger than a horse. We still have some treasures, and I'm sure we can find one that satisfies you, Junior Brother!"
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